junk
Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
Noun 4 meanings
Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
“This shed is full of junk – will you help me sort it out?”
Material or resources of poor quality or low value, especially resources that lack commercial value.
“junk fish; junk trees”
Nonsense; gibberish.
“The student put down junk for answers just to finish his homework more quickly.”
Salt beef.
Verb 3 meanings
To throw away.
To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junkshop)
To consume junk food, mainly at a fast-food restaurant.
“Let's just junk some burgers at McDonald's.”
Etymology
From earlier meaning "old refuse from boats and ships", from Middle English junk, jounke, jonk, joynk (“an old cable or rope”, nautical term), sometimes cut into bits and used as caulking; of uncertain origin; perhaps related to join, joint, juncture.
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JUNK at a glance
JUNK has 4 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (J 8 + U 1 + N 1 + K 5) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,693 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with junk
All rhymesOne letter away
- PUNK10
- SUNK8
- FUNK11
- DUNK9
- BUNK10
- HUNK11
- GUNK9
- LUNK8
- JINK15
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